QTR-Quadtone RIP

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "santacruztacean" <fotosensei@g...> wrote:
> I guess I mis-understood at first. I don't use roll paper nor have a
> 7600 so it's hard for me to test.  QTR and Epson driver are completely
> separate so its likely they are different. My suspicion is that
> somehow the Custom Paper Size or Page Setup is the issue. I would
> create the custom size with the default margins -- .25 top and .56
> bottom.  Make sure you Format For the correct printer in Page Setup
> and the correct Paper is selected.
> > 
> > Then in Print with Preview of Photoshop position the image with the
> extra white space at the bottom.  This is the best place to visually
> see the paper, margins and image.  Verify that the measurements all
> add up here.>
> > Roy
> 
> Yes, I have done ALL of the above. Doesn't work.
> 
> I'm really surprised... you don't use roll paper, and don't have a
> 7600 to test your RIP on?
> 
> Are any other QTR users experiencing this same problem?

Well I can simulate the output that is generated for a 7600.  I took your original
example -- 8.5 x 24 custom paper, standard margins, print a 7x23in image.
But I can't see anything wrong with the output -- commands to printer say 8.5 in long.  

So let me ask a few things.  You said the cut happens .5 inch after the image.
Does that mean if you change the size of the image, the size of the paper cut off
varies, too?  In other words a 7x23 top margin .5 cuts at 8" and a 6x23 top margin
.5 cuts at 7" ??   And if you add white padding to the 7x23 (expanding to 7.5x23)
it will cut at 8.5 like you want?

If this is what is happening, it really looks to me like a Page Setup error.  
The formatting and definition of a page happens before QTR sees any of it.  
My guess is the Page Setup has "Format For the Epson driver with Roll Paper" instead of 
"Format For Quad7600" but I can't test that.

Roy